What are the statistics on children being bullied?
According to the US Dept. of Justice: 1 out of 4 children are being bullied. 83% fear harassment in the bathroom. Over 100,000 kids have carried guns to school. More statistics are available at my web site: http://hometown.aol.com/kthynoll 8. If a child is hit, should he/she strike back to defend him/herself? In my book, “Taking the Bully by the Horns” we call this the “bully cycle.” Bullies create more bullies. This is no good. The cycle needs to stop somewhere. If the child had tried confronting the bully or talking out the situation peacefully to no avail and was backed up against a wall so that he/she couldn’t walk or run away and actually needed to defend himself/herself, that is a different story. But when we’re talking about teasing or verbal abuse, tell your child, “You don’t need to listen to that. You’re better than that. Just walk away.” 9. What sort of feedback have you gotten from those who read your book? Those who have shared my book with their children/students tell me
